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Abstract
Resectional therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis in children is both safe and effective.
In this particular series of 51 resections in 50 children, there were no operative
deaths and only 1 late death 4 years after resection, due to nontuberculous pneumonitis.
There was 1 late postoperative reactivation which cleared on isoniazid therapy. The
remaining patients are free of disease.
Operative intervention is rarely required in patients under the age of 1 year. In
general, in patients below the age of 10, resection will be required because of primary
tuberculosis. In the older children, with notable exceptions, resections will be for
chronic reinfection for the same indications as in adults.
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Publication history
Received:
October 11,
1961
Footnotes
☆Supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grant No. 5635 (C1).
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© 1962 Published by Elsevier Inc.
